2 Chronicles 20:7:82 Chr.20.7.W8TAB
מִלִּפְנֵ֖י
milifne
“from before”
- Transliteration
- mi-lif-NE
- Extended
- mih-lif-NEE
- IPA
- /milːifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mi-lif-NE
- clause
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase milifnei ammekha Yisrael {מִלִּפְנֵי עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | mil-lif-nê ʿammə-ḵā yiś-rä-ʾēl} ‘from before your people Israel’ indicates beneficiary.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:7
Is it not You, our God , who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, Your friend, forever?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word מִלִּפְנֵ֖י (milifne) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.7.W8.S1) and character.